Colours can make a poster attractive and improve readability, however, they need to
be used wisely and sparingly.

Use color to attract attention, organise, and emphasise - but don't overdo it. The size, colours and contrast of your information will ultimately impact on the readability or legibility of your
final poster design.

All visual media (images, charts, and graphs) should be converted from RGB to CMYK format for print.

RGB: Red, Green, Blue.

CMYK: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Key (Black).

See the tabs below for more information on the relevance of colour in your poster.

Primary Colours - Red, yellow and blue.
These are the 3 pigment colors that can not be mixed or formed by any combination of other colors. All other colors are derived from these 3 hues.

Secondary Colours - Green, orange and purple. These are the colors formed by mixing the primary colors.

Tertiary Colours - Yellow-orange, red-orange, red-purple, blue-purple, blue-green and yellow-green. These are the colors formed by mixing a primary and a secondary color. That's why the hue is a two word name.

Analogous - Match colours with adjacent hues.Monochromatic - Focus on one colour with variation in intensity.Triad - Space your colours around the wheel for a contrasting theme.Complementary - Oppose two colours on the wheel for a simple theme based on two hues.Compound -
Combine different hues.